Flash tattooing draws Vancouverites looking for fresh ink
It’s easy to accidentally walk past Black Medicine Tattoo on most days. Sandwiched between two Chinese bulk-food stores, the tattoo shop just off East Hastings Street in the[…]
Alberta buyers turn wine ban into a boon for B.C. wineries
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s boycott of British Columbia wine, designed to punish B.C. for its efforts to delay the Trans Mountain pipeline, backfired. Instead of squelching sales, the[…]
East-Van musicians create community with Balkan folk music
Tuesday nights at a Victoria Dr. home, Christmas lights sparkle and the sound of Balkan music fills the air. Inside, a band of Canadian-born musicians play songs from[…]
Community-grown Downtown Eastside market provides lifeline to residents
Since 2015, Silverjay has run his own business. He pays binners for scrap metal they have reclaimed from the trash and refines it himself. The collectors earn set[…]
Legalizing weed has anti-smoking activists worried
Some anti-smoking lobbyists and experts are concerned that legalizing cannabis this year could lead to increased tobacco use and sales. According to an Ontario Tobacco Report United[…]
Existential approach gets a second life
Existentialism may have faded from the public eye since its heyday, but its influential fingerprints can still be spotted in contemporary culture today. Vancouverites are taking steps, from[…]
A musician, a poet and a Guinness world-record holder talk performance in the city of Vancouver
With the highest concentration of artists per capita in Canada, Vancouver is full of talented people with high hopes of finding success. Through hard work, risk-taking and the[…]
Unconventional Hindu temple allows students to pray on UBC campus
Bells start ringing, chanting begins and smoke slowly rises in the air as second-year University of British Columbia student Akhil Jobanputra offers prayers to the goddess Saraswati on[…]
Local artist contorts circus skills with drag
It’s Saturday night in New Westminster and Jamaal Parker is worried about showing up at work tomorrow. The morning’s breakfast sits unfinished on the kitchen counter next to[…]
Richmond Chinese-speaking students’ English grades fall behind
The number of immigrant and international students learning English as a second language who failed English 12 has tripled over the past five years in Richmond. The percentage[…]
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